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Kohautia obtusiloba

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Identification
Kohautia obtusiloba (Hiern) Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bremekamp, C.E.B., Oldenlandia obtusiloba Hiern [family RUBIACEAE ] Oldenlandia zanguebariae Lour. [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Oldenlandia zanguebariae
  • Kohautia obtusiloba
  • Oldenlandia obtusiloba

Flora

Entry for KOHAUTIA obtusiloba (Hiern) Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by D. Bridson & M. Thulin (Pavetta), J. Degreef & D. Bridson (Coptosperma), and M. Thulin (Agathisanthemum, Canthium, Carphalea, Catunaregam, Coffea, Conostomium, Diodia, Feretia, Galium, Gardenia, Heinsia, Kohautia, Lamprothamnus, Meyna, Oldenlandia, Oxyanthus, Pachystigma, Paederia, Pentanisia, Pentanopsis, Pentas, Pentodon, Plocama, Polysphaeria, Psychotria, Psydrax, Pyrostria, Rothmannia, Rubia, Rytigynia, Spermacoce, Tennantia, Tricalysia, Valantia, Vangueria, Wendlandia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
KOHAUTIA obtusiloba (Hiern) Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE], (1952);
Oldenlandia obtusiloba Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], (1877). [type as above]
Information
Annual herb up to c. 70 cm tall; stems 4-ribbed, glabrous or with minutely scabrid ribs. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 15–68 x 1–6 mm, acute, minutely scabrid; stipule sheath 1.2–2 mm long, with c. 4 unequal up to 5 mm long fimbriae. Flowers in lax pedunculate cymes; pedicels 2.5–15(–33) mm long. Calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate, mostly 3–4 mm long, with minutely scabrid margins. Corolla scarlet; tube 8–12 mm long, densely hairy in throat; lobes 4.5–9 mm long. Style c. 3.5 mm long; stigma not divided into lobes. Capsules mostly 2–2.5 x 4–4.8 mm, glabrous. Seeds blackish, c. 0.4 mm long.
Range
S3
Altitude range
c. 30 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & al. 25071.
Distribution (external)
E Kenya
E Tanzania
?Mozambique
Notes
First record for Somalia (c. 15 km S of Goba at 0°48´S, 41°42´E).

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